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Article #2193Re: How to interpret when the end of piece of mail is reached?
From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:45
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:45
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In article <1992Nov10.124824.10744@mks.com>, davidf@mks.com (David J. Fiander) writes: > > Of course you meant "transfer agents" in that sentence, since a > user agent can only work with what the TA gives it. > To be absolutely correct I should have said `delivery/user agents'. > The best format for a mailbox is a directory of files, each of > which contains a single message (wow! something that VM/CMS > got right!). Provided you have `append directories' that allocate unique names to each message on creation. Very do-able on Plan 9 where you could: open /mail/<user>/new And this gives you a descriptor to a unique file for your message. The file created would have to be of the Plan 9 (auto) locking type. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com ``Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.'' -- Rob Pike
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!netsys!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Subject: Re: How to interpret when the end of piece of mail is reached? Message-ID: <1992Nov10.204505.5061@prl.dec.com> Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: prl313.prl.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory References: <1992Nov8.205909.21877@u.washington.edu> <1992Nov8.214458.17317@prl.dec.com> <1992Nov10.124824.10744@mks.com> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:45:05 GMT Lines: 24